Ferrari and Hulkenberg play down talk of 2015 deal 23 November, 2013 Nico Hulkenberg Ferrari has played down reports that Nico Hulkenberg has inked a deal to join the Maranello team in 2015. Although now fighting simply to stay on the grid next year, the highly rated German came tantalisingly close to signing a Ferrari contract for 2014, until the fabled Italian marque agreed a deal with Kimi Raikkonen instead. 'I was disappointed,' Hulkenberg admits to Germany's Die Welt newspaper. 'Who in our job doesn't dream of driving for Ferrari? 'The opportunity was very real, but the negotiations came suddenly to a halt and I got over it relatively quickly,' he said in Brazil. According to the...
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